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    Best Books Set in Winter: Cozy Winter Books

    by Joli January 23, 2023
    by Joli January 23, 2023

    When winter sets in, do you crave a few winter reads? Or maybe you like them in the dog days of summer to help you cool off. Either way, books set in winter can be really cozy reads! To help…

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    Best Historical Fiction 2023: Epic List of New Releases

    by Joli January 15, 2023
    by Joli January 15, 2023

    Good news: the annual Best Historical Fiction list is back! This is Literary Quicksand’s 3rd year of curating an epic list of historical fiction. As with the previous years, I’ll do my best to keep coming back and updating this…

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    Best Books of 2022: Looking Back at Our Favorite Reads

    by Joli January 1, 2023
    by Joli January 1, 2023

    Here are a few of the LQ contributors’ favorite reads of 2022. Here’s to a fantastic reading year in 2023!

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    What We Read in November 2022

    by Joli December 7, 2022
    by Joli December 7, 2022

    Welcome to our monthly recap! Happy holiday season🎄🎅❄️🤶☃️

    It’s definitely a busy, busy time of year! I know I haven’t been reading as much, but still so close to my goal so I have to keep going 😅. Where are you at with your reading goal? Will you make it? I have to read 1.5 books per week to finish, so I better get going!

    Without further ado, here’s what some of us read last month. Did you have any standouts?

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    What We Read in October 2022

    by Joli November 4, 2022
    by Joli November 4, 2022

    Welcome to our monthly recap! I hope you had an awesome spooky season 👻, and I hope you’re loving all those Christmas ads up already 😆.

    I’m only reporting on 3 of us this month, but man, we read quite a bit between us! What did you read in October?

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    30+ Best Fiction Books About Greek Mythology

    by Joli October 31, 2022
    by Joli October 31, 2022

    Looking for a list of the best fiction books about Greek mythology? I’ve seen a lot of readers over the past few years who, after reading something like Circe or Song of Achilles, decide they’d love to read more Greek mythology stories. There really are a lot out there, but what are the best ones?

    In this list, I’ll give you a ton of ideas.

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    What We Read in September 2022

    by Joli October 3, 2022
    by Joli October 3, 2022

    Whew. September is such a whirlwind for me and my family. I love it, but also I’m…kind of glad it’s over? 😆 Anyway, here’s what we read in September. Check it out and let us know what you read!
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    5 Books to Read While Grieving

    by Jess September 14, 2022
    by Jess September 14, 2022

    When my brother died from cancer 4 years ago, I felt completely and utterly alone. People were present at first, but after a couple of months, they began to disappear. I turned to books for support, comforted by the fact…

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    What We Read in August 2022

    by Joli September 5, 2022
    by Joli September 5, 2022

    August…the last month of summer. Some of us managed to read quite a bit! And I (Joli) read THREE five-star books in August. Three! August was just an awesome reading month for me.

    Anyway, here’s what we read in August. Check it out and let us know what you read!

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    by Joli August 20, 2022
    by Joli August 20, 2022

    In this guest post, author and story structure consultant Leon Conrad shares some lesser-known books on writing that he has found particularly inspirational.

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Helloooo Little Free Library drop 🀩. The official drop day was actually 2 days ago, but, well, here we are. Welcome to my LFL, The Angel Maker by Alex North! This book doesn't even come out until early next year, but now you can get an ARC in my library, and other participating libraries (if it hasn't already been snatched up). Good luck, local friends on being the first to get here πŸ˜„.

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I'm back from vacation and in unpack/laundry mode...and also reading mode, because book club is Monday night and I'm 27% into the book πŸ˜…. I always mean to read more on vacation! Someday I won't have a 4-year-old who needs to swim 24/7 😜. ANYway, I brought STILL LIFE by Sarah Winman along with me. The cover is just gorgeous and I've been intrigued by the synopsis, so when I saw it avaliable at the library, I grabbed it. Unfortunately I won't get to it this time before it's due, but I'm hoping we meet again πŸ˜„.

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Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her own youth. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amongst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and set off on a course of events that will shape Ulysses's life for the next four decades.

As Ulysses returns home to London, reimmersing himself in his crew at The Stoat and Parrot -- a motley mix of pub crawlers and eccentrics -- he carries his time in Italy with him. And when an unexpected inheritance brings him back to where it all began, Ulysses knows better than to tempt fate, and returns to the Tuscan hills.

With beautiful prose, extraordinary tenderness, and bursts of humor and light, Still Life is a sweeping portrait of unforgettable individuals who come together to make a family, and a richly drawn celebration of beauty and love in all its forms.

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